Rector Prof. Dr. Ursula M. Staudinger
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Responsibilities
The Rector heads TU Dresden and is its representative to the outside world. She is the Chairperson of the Extended University Executive Board and determines the strategy guiding the university's research and teaching. The Rector is elected by the Extended Senate for a term of five years.
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since 08/2020 | Rector of TU Dresden |
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2018 - 07/2020 | Professor for Sociomedical Sciences / Columbia Aging Center / Columbia University (New York) |
2013 - 2018 | Founding Director of the Columbia Aging Center at Columbia University (New York) / Director of the International Longevity Center (ILC) / Robert N. Butler Endowed Chair and Professor of Psychology |
2003 - 2013 | Professor and Vice President of Jacobs University Bremen / Founding Dean of the Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development |
1999 - 2003 | Professor of Psychology / TU Dresden |
1997 | Habilitation (Psychology) / FU Berlin |
1992 - 1999 | Group Leader / Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education |
1988 - 1992 |
Research Scientist / Academy of Sciences and Technology in Berlin |
1988 | PhD (Psychology) / FU Berlin |
1978–1984 | Studies of Psychology / Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Clark University (Massachusetts) |
08/2019 | Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, N |
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03/2012 | University of Queensland, Brisbane, AUS |
05-07/2003 | Stanford University, CA, USA |
03/2000 | University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, USA |
2017 | Seneca Medal Honouring internationally significant scientific achievements in the field of aging research / Industrieclub Düsseldorf |
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2014 | Braunschweig Research Prize Honouring internationally outstanding interdisciplinary research results in technical, life and cultural sciences / City of Braunschweig and the Association ResearchRegion Braunschweig e. V. |
since 2015 | Fellow New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) |
2014, 2017, 2019 | Nobel Prize Dialogue, Keynote Speaker Stockholm, Seoul, Berlin |
since 2014 | Fellow Gerontological Society of America (GSA) |
since 2014 | Member Academia Europaea, The Academy of Europe |
since 2011 | Fellow Association for Psychological Science (APS) |
2007 - 2017 | Vice President & Foreign Secretary National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
2008-2010 | President German Psychological Society DGPs |
2006 - 2008 | Vice President German Psychological Society DGPs |
since 2002 | Member National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
since 2019 | Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Research on the Economics of Ageing (CREA) / Singapore Management University / Singapore |
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since 2018 | Affiliate Faculty Member/ Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute / Columbia University |
since 2018 | Member / Scientific Board of the Einstein Center for Population Diversity / Berlin |
since 2016 | Chairperson / Board of Trustees of the Federal Institute for Population Research |
Team and contact details

Visitor Address:
Rektoratsgebäude Mommsenstraße 11
01069 Dresden
Postal Address:
Technische Universität Dresden Rektorat
01062 Dresden
Parcel Address:
Technische Universität Dresden Rektorat Helmholtzstraße 10
01069 Dresden
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- +49 351 463-34312
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- +49 351 463-37121
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Advisor to the rector
NameDr. Claudia Beutmann
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Rector's Office
Rector's Office
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Rektoratsgebäude, Raum 217 Mommsenstraße 11
01069 Dresden
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Advisor to the rector
NameRachel Ahrens
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Rector's Office
Rector's Office
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Rektoratsgebäude, room 217 Mommsenstraße 11
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Rector's Office
NameVera Küchenmeister
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Rector's Office
Rector's Office
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Rektoratsgebäude, room 307 Mommsenstraße 11
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Rector's Office
NameLars Hofmann
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Rector's Office
Rector's Office
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Rektoratsgebäude, room 307 Mommsenstraße 11
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The University Comitees Coordination team supports the work of the Senat, the Rectorate, university elections as well as memberships of TU Dresden. In addition, the University Comitees team is the point of contact for regulatiory questions from all levels of university gouvernance units and student affairs.
Tasks
- Supervision of the University Committees Senate, Extended Senate, Senate Commissions and Rectorate Commissions
- Support of advisory activities between the representatives of the member groups of the Senate and the university management
- Monitoring of Rectorate meetings
- Elaboration of regulations, approval tests for regulations of the institutes and faculties as well as advice with regard to preparation
- University awards, call for award nominations
- Supervision and implementation of University Committee elections
- Student affairs
- TU Dresden memberships in national and international committees and organisations
- Supervision of procedures granting TU Dresden membership rights
- Responsibility for the DFG Review Board Election of the respective voting centre
Academic Committees
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Mommsenstraße 15, room 311
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Technische Universität Dresden Rektorat
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Head of Academic Committees Coordination
Organisation of the Committee / Senate / Regulations and Commissions
Heike Marhenke
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Office
Kathrin Krell
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Staff members
Elections / Memberships / Tenders / Prizes / Student Affairs
Hannelore Büst
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Office Central Committees
Annett Schleßiger
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Appointment Officer of the Rector
Namen. n.
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visitors' address:
Günther-Landgraf-Bau, room 6-121 Mommsenstr. 15
01069 Dresden
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acting Press Officer and Head of Press and Public Relations
NameKonrad Kästner
Chief editor University Journal
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Directorate 7 - Strategy and Communication
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- +49 351 463-32427
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Head of Excellence Strategy Office
NameMarvin Fischer
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Visitors' Address:
Mommsenstraße 5, Room 19
01069 Dresden
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